Evesham was a parliamentary constituency

United Kingdom constituencies

In the United Kingdom , each of the electoral areas or divisions called constituencies elects one or more members to a parliament or assembly.Within the United Kingdom there are now five bodies with members elected by constituencies:...

 in Worcestershire

Worcestershire

Worcestershire is a non-metropolitan county, established in antiquity, located in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes it is a NUTS 3 region and is one of three counties that comprise the "Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire" NUTS 2 region...

 which was represented in the British House of Commons

British House of Commons

The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also comprises the Sovereign and the House of Lords . Both Commons and Lords meet in the Palace of Westminster. The Commons is a democratically elected body, consisting of 650 members , who are known as Members...

. Originally a parliamentary borough

Parliamentary borough

Parliamentary boroughs are a type of administrative division, usually covering urban areas, that are entitled to representation in a Parliament...

 consisting of the town of Evesham

Evesham

Evesham is a market town and a civil parish in the Local Authority District of Wychavon in the county of Worcestershire, England with a population of 22,000. It is located roughly equidistant between Worcester, Cheltenham and Stratford-upon-Avon...

, it was first represented in 1295. After this its franchise lapsed for several centuries, but it then returned two Members of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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 (MPs) from 1604 until 1868, when its representation was reduced to one member under the Representation of the People Act 1867.

From the 1885 general election

United Kingdom general election, 1885

-Seats summary:-See also:*List of MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1885*Parliamentary Franchise in the United Kingdom 1885–1918*Representation of the People Act 1884*Redistribution of Seats Act 1885-References:...

, Evesham was abolished as a borough but the name was transferred to a larger county constituency electing one MP. This constituency was abolished for the 1950 general election

United Kingdom general election, 1950

The 1950 United Kingdom general election was the first general election ever after a full term of a Labour government. Despite polling over one and a half million votes more than the Conservatives, the election, held on 23 February 1950 resulted in Labour receiving a slim majority of just five...

, with the town of Evesham itself being transferred to the new seat of South Worcestershire. Between 1885 and 1918 the constituency had the alternative name of South Worcestershire (not to be confused with the 1950 seat).

Boundaries

• 1604-1885: The parishes of All Saints, Evesham
  Evesham
  Evesham is a market town and a civil parish in the Local Authority District of Wychavon in the county of Worcestershire, England with a population of 22,000. It is located roughly equidistant between Worcester, Cheltenham and Stratford-upon-Avon...
  
  , St Lawrence, Evesham and Bengeworth
  Bengeworth
  Bengeworth is a locality adjoining Evesham in Worcestershire, England. In 1887 it had a population of 1,311. Today it has a school and an Anglican church....
  
  
• 1885-1918: The petty sessional divisions of Blockley
  Blockley
  Blockley is a village and civil parish in the Cotswold district of Gloucestershire, England, about northwest of Moreton-in-Marsh. Until 1931 Blockley was an exclave of Worcestershire....
  
  , Evesham, Pershore
  Pershore
  Pershore is a market town in Worcestershire, England, on the banks of the River Avon. Pershore is in the Wychavon district and is part of the West Worcestershire parliamentary constituency. At the 2001 census the population was 7,304...
  
   and Upton-on-Severn, and parts of the petty sessional divisions of Malvern
  Malvern, Worcestershire
  Malvern is a town and civil parish in Worcestershire, England, governed by Malvern Town Council. As of the 2001 census it has a population of 28,749, and includes the historical settlement and commercial centre of Great Malvern on the steep eastern flank of the Malvern Hills, and the former...
  
   and Redditch
  Redditch
  Redditch is a town and local government district in north-east Worcestershire, England, approximately south of Birmingham. The district had a population of 79,216 in 2005. In the 19th century it became the international centre for the needle and fishing tackle industry...
  
  
• 1918-1950: The municipal boroughs of Droitwich and Evesham
  Evesham
  Evesham is a market town and a civil parish in the Local Authority District of Wychavon in the county of Worcestershire, England with a population of 22,000. It is located roughly equidistant between Worcester, Cheltenham and Stratford-upon-Avon...
  
  , the rural districts of Droitwich, Evesham, Feckenham, Pershore and Shipston-on-Stour
  Shipston-on-Stour Rural District
  Shipston on Stour was a rural district in England from 1894 to 1974. The district covered an area around Shipston-on-Stour. Originally it was a detached part of Worcestershire, but in 1931 it was transferred to the jurisdiction of Warwickshire, and was expanded by the abolition of Brailes Rural...
  
  , the parishes of Bredon, Bredon's Norton, Conderton, Overbury and Teddington from the rural district of Tewkesbury
  Tewkesbury Rural District
  Tewkesbury Rural District was, from 1894 to 1935, a rural district in the south-western part of the Midlands in England. It had the unusual feature of including territory from the two neighbouring administrative counties of Gloucestershire and Worcestershire until boundary changes in 1933 placed...
  
   and the parts of the rural districts of Stow on the Wold and Winchcombe
  Winchcombe Rural District
  Winchcombe was, from 1894 to 1935, a rural district in the Cotswolds area of England. It included parts of two administrative counties: Gloucestershire and Worcestershire.-Formation:...
  
   within the administrative county of Worcestershire

1604-1640

Parliament	First member	Second member
1604-1611	Thomas Biggs Thomas Biggs Sir Thomas Biggs was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1604.Biggs was the son of Thomas Biggs and his wife Magdalene Hoby. He built a mansion at Lenchwick. In 1593 he was High Sheriff of Worcestershire. He became a J.P. in 1601. He was knighted on 23 July 1603...	Sir Philip Knightley Philip Knightley Sir Philip Knightley was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1604 to 1605.Knightley was the son of Bartholomew Knightley of South Littleton and his wife Anne Tolley, daughter of Philip Tolley. He matriculated at Broadgates Hall, Oxford on 31 May 1583, aged 16... , died and replaced 1605 by Robert Bowyer Robert Bowyer (died 1634) Robert Bowyer was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1601 and 1610.Bowyer was the son of William Bowyer, Keeper of the Records in the Tower. In 1601, he was elected Member of Parliament for Steyning... , appointed to crown office and replaced 1610 by Edward Salter Edward Salter Sir Edward Salter was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1610 and from 1621 to 1622.Salter was probably the son of Thomas Salter of Oswestry, Shropshire and was probably admitted to Gray's Inn in 1580. In 1610, he was elected Member of Parliament for Evesham. He was elected...
1614-1622	Sir Thomas Biggs Sir Thomas Biggs, 1st Baronet Sir Thomas Biggs, 1st Baronet , was an English politician.Biggs was the son of Sir Thomas Biggs, of Lenchwick, Worcestershire, by Ursula Throckmorton, daughter of Clement Throckmorton, of Haseley, Warwickshire. He was educated at Queen's College, Oxford. He represented Evesham in Parliament in 1614...	Anthony Langston Anthony Langston Anthony Langston was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1614 and 1626. He supported the Royalist cause in the English Civil War....
1621	Sir Thomas Biggs Sir Thomas Biggs, 1st Baronet Sir Thomas Biggs, 1st Baronet , was an English politician.Biggs was the son of Sir Thomas Biggs, of Lenchwick, Worcestershire, by Ursula Throckmorton, daughter of Clement Throckmorton, of Haseley, Warwickshire. He was educated at Queen's College, Oxford. He represented Evesham in Parliament in 1614...	Anthony Langston Anthony Langston Anthony Langston was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1614 and 1626. He supported the Royalist cause in the English Civil War....
1624	Sir Edward Conway Edward Conway, 1st Viscount Conway Edward Conway, 1st Viscount Conway PC was an English soldier and statesman.-Life:He was the son and heir of Sir John Conway of Arrow, and his wife Ellen or Eleanor, daughter of Sir Fulke Greville of Beauchamp's Court, Warwickshire....	Richard Cresheld Richard Cresheld Richard Cresheld was an English judge and politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1624 and 1648.-Biography:Cresheld was the son of Edward Cresheld of Mattishall Norfolk. He was admitted to Lincoln's Inn on 18 June 1608 and called to the bar on 17 October 1615...
1625	Richard Cresheld Richard Cresheld Richard Cresheld was an English judge and politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1624 and 1648.-Biography:Cresheld was the son of Edward Cresheld of Mattishall Norfolk. He was admitted to Lincoln's Inn on 18 June 1608 and called to the bar on 17 October 1615...	Anthony Langston Anthony Langston Anthony Langston was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1614 and 1626. He supported the Royalist cause in the English Civil War....
1626	Sir John Hare	Anthony Langston Anthony Langston Anthony Langston was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1614 and 1626. He supported the Royalist cause in the English Civil War....
1628	Sir Robert Harley	Richard Cresheld Richard Cresheld Richard Cresheld was an English judge and politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1624 and 1648.-Biography:Cresheld was the son of Edward Cresheld of Mattishall Norfolk. He was admitted to Lincoln's Inn on 18 June 1608 and called to the bar on 17 October 1615...
1629–1640	No Parliaments summoned

1640-1868

Year	|2nd Member	2nd Party
April 1640 Short Parliament The Short Parliament was a Parliament of England that sat from 13 April to 5 May 1640 during the reign of King Charles I of England, so called because it lasted only three weeks....		William Sandys William Sandys 'Waterworks Sandys' William Sandys of Fladbury was known as Waterworks Sandys to distinguish him from his cousin, the spendthrift 'Golden Sandys'...	Royalist		William Morton
November 1640 Long Parliament The Long Parliament was made on 3 November 1640, following the Bishops' Wars. It received its name from the fact that through an Act of Parliament, it could only be dissolved with the agreement of the members, and those members did not agree to its dissolution until after the English Civil War and...					Richard Cresheld Richard Cresheld Richard Cresheld was an English judge and politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1624 and 1648.-Biography:Cresheld was the son of Edward Cresheld of Mattishall Norfolk. He was admitted to Lincoln's Inn on 18 June 1608 and called to the bar on 17 October 1615...	Parliamentarian
1641		John Coventry John Coventry (Royalist) John Coventry was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1641 to 1642.Coventry was the son of Thomas Coventry, 1st Baron Coventry by his second wife Elizabeth Aldersley, daughter of John Aldersley of Spurstow, Cheshire, and widow of William Pitchford...	Royalist
September 1642	Coventry disabled from sitting - seat vacant
1645		Samuel Gardner Samuel Gardner (MP) Samuel Gardner was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1645 to 1648.Gardner was the son or a kinsman of Philip Gardner who was mayor of Evesham in 1618. He was mayor of Evesham himself in 1625, 1633 and 1642. He was a wealthy man and on 16 January 1643 lent £1,000 without...
December 1648				Cresheld not recorded as sitting after Pride's Purge Pride's Purge Pride’s Purge is an event in December 1648, during the Second English Civil War, when troops under the command of Colonel Thomas Pride forcibly removed from the Long Parliament all those who were not supporters of the Grandees in the New Model Army and the Independents...
1653	Evesham was unrepresented in the Barebones Parliament Barebones Parliament Barebone's Parliament, also known as the Little Parliament, the Nominated Assembly and the Parliament of Saints, came into being on 4 July 1653, and was the last attempt of the English Commonwealth to find a stable political form before the installation of Oliver Cromwell as Lord Protector...  and the First First Protectorate Parliament The First Protectorate Parliament was summoned by the Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell under the terms of the Instrument of Government. It sat for one term from 3 September 1654 until 22 January 1655 with William Lenthall as the Speaker of the House....  and Second Second Protectorate Parliament The Second Protectorate Parliament in England sat for two sessions from 17 September 1656 until 4 February 1658, with Thomas Widdrington as the Speaker of the House of Commons...  Parliaments of the Protectorate
January 1659 Third Protectorate Parliament The Third Protectorate Parliament sat for one session, from 27 January 1659 until 22 April 1659, with Chaloner Chute and Thomas Bampfylde as the Speakers of the House of Commons...		Theophilus Andrews Theophilus Andrews Theophilus Andrews was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1659.Andrews was possibly the son of Richard Andrews, Mayor of Evesham 1624. He was sometime of Barnard's Inn and was admitted to Gray's Inn on 7 November 1644. He was called to the bar on 11 February 1651....			Robert Atkyns Robert Atkyns (judge) Sir Robert Atkyns KB KS was an English Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer, Member of parliament, and Speaker of the House of Lords.-Early life:...
May 1659 Rump Parliament The Rump Parliament is the name of the English Parliament after Colonel Pride purged the Long Parliament on 6 December 1648 of those members hostile to the Grandees' intention to try King Charles I for high treason....	Evesham was not represented in the restored Rump Rump Parliament The Rump Parliament is the name of the English Parliament after Colonel Pride purged the Long Parliament on 6 December 1648 of those members hostile to the Grandees' intention to try King Charles I for high treason....
April 1660		John Egioke John Egioke John Egioke was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1660.Egioke was the eldest son of Sir Francis Egioke of Shernock Court. He was at Lincoln's Inn in 1635...			Sir Thomas Rouse Sir Thomas Rouse, 1st Baronet Sir Thomas Rouse, 1st Baronet was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1654 and 1660....
1661		William Sandys William Sandys 'Waterworks Sandys' William Sandys of Fladbury was known as Waterworks Sandys to distinguish him from his cousin, the spendthrift 'Golden Sandys'...			Abraham Cullen
1669					Sir John Hanmer Sir John Hanmer, 3rd Baronet Sir John Hanmer, 3rd Baronet was a Welsh politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1659 and 1690.Hanmer was the son of Sir Thomas Hanmer, 2nd Baronet of Hanmer and his first wife Elizabeth Baker. In 1659, he was elected Member of Parliament for Flint in the Third...
1670		Sir James Rushout Sir James Rushout, 1st Baronet Sir James Rushout, 1st Baronet was an English Member of Parliament and baronet.Sir James was made a Baronet at the young age of 17 in 1661 , and later served as Member of Parliament for Evesham and Worcestershire in the Parliament of England.He had several children,...
1679					Henry Parker
1681					Edward Rudge Edward Rudge -Life:Born on 27 June 1763, he was son of Edward Rudge, a merchant and alderman of Salisbury, who possessed a large portion of the abbey estate at Evesham....
1685		Henry Parker			Sir John Matthewes
1690		Sir James Rushout Sir James Rushout, 1st Baronet Sir James Rushout, 1st Baronet was an English Member of Parliament and baronet.Sir James was made a Baronet at the young age of 17 in 1661 , and later served as Member of Parliament for Evesham and Worcestershire in the Parliament of England.He had several children,...			Edward Rudge Edward Rudge -Life:Born on 27 June 1763, he was son of Edward Rudge, a merchant and alderman of Salisbury, who possessed a large portion of the abbey estate at Evesham....
1695					Henry Parker
1698		John Rudge
January 1701					Sir James Rushout
November 1701		Hugh Parker
1702					John Rudge
1708		Sir Edward Goodere
1705		John Deacle
1722		Sir John Rushout Sir John Rushout, 4th Baronet Sir John Rushout, 4th Baronet was a British politician and long-serving Member of Parliament, eventually serving as Father of the House....
1734					William Taylor
1741					Edward Rudge
1754					John Porter
1756					Edward Rudge
1761					John Rushout John Rushout, 1st Baron Northwick Sir John Rushout, 1st Baron Northwick was a British politician and Member of Parliament for Evesham....
1768		George Durant
1774		Henry Seymour Henry Seymour (Redland) -Life:Seymour was the eldest son of Francis Seymour, of Sherborne, Dorset. He was educated at New College. In January 1746/7, he inherited the estate of East Knoyle from his uncle, William.In 1753, Seymour married Lady Caroline Cowper -Life:Seymour was the eldest son of Francis Seymour, of...
1780		Charles Boughton Sir Charles Rouse-Boughton, 9th Baronet Sir Charles William Rouse Boughton was an administrator in India with the East India Company and subsequently a member of the British House of Commons representing first Evesham and then Bramber.-Early life:...
1790		Thomas Thompson
1796					Charles Thellusson
1802		Patrick Craufurd Bruce
1806		William Manning			Humphrey Howorth
1807					Sir Manasseh Masseh Lopes Sir Manasseh Masseh Lopes, 1st Baronet Sir Manasseh Masseh Lopes, 1st Baronet , of Maristow in Devon, was a British Member of Parliament and borough-monger.-Parliamentary career:...	Tory
1808					Humphrey Howorth
1818		William Rouse-Boughton Sir William Rouse-Boughton, 10th Baronet Sir William Edward Rouse Boughton was a baronet and a member of the British House of Commons representing Evesham....
1819		Sir Charles Cockerell	Whig British Whig Party The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule...
1820					William Rouse-Boughton Sir William Rouse-Boughton, 10th Baronet Sir William Edward Rouse Boughton was a baronet and a member of the British House of Commons representing Evesham....
1826					Edward Davis-Protheroe
1830					Lord Kennedy Archibald Kennedy, Earl of Cassilis Archibald Kennedy, Earl of Cassilis was the eldest son of Archibald Kennedy, 1st Marquess of Ailsa. He was styled Lord Kennedy until 1831, and Earl of Cassilis thereafter until his death....
1831					Thomas Hudson	Whig British Whig Party The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule...
1835					Peter Borthwick Peter Borthwick Peter Borthwick was a British politician and newspaper editor.-Political career:Borthwick was MP for Evesham from 1835–37 and again from 1841-47. In between, from 1837–41, the MP for Evesham was Sir George Rushout of Northwick Park, Worcestershire...	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
1837		George Rushout George Rushout, 3rd Baron Northwick George Rushout, 3rd Baron Northwick , was a British Conservative politician.-Background:Northwick was the son of Reverend the Hon. George Rushout-Bowles, younger son of John Rushout, 1st Baron Northwick...	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
1838					Lord Marcus Hill Marcus Sandys, 3rd Baron Sandys Arthur Marcus Cecil Sandys, 3rd Baron Sandys , known as Lord Marcus Hill until 1860, was a British Whig politician.-Background:...	Whig British Whig Party The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule...
1841		Peter Borthwick Peter Borthwick Peter Borthwick was a British politician and newspaper editor.-Political career:Borthwick was MP for Evesham from 1835–37 and again from 1841-47. In between, from 1837–41, the MP for Evesham was Sir George Rushout of Northwick Park, Worcestershire...	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
1847		Sir Henry Willoughby, Bt Sir Henry Willoughby, 3rd Baronet Sir Henry Pollard Willoughby, 3rd Baronet was a British Member of Parliament. He represented the constituencies of Newcastle-under-Lyme , Yarmouth and Evesham .- External links :...	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
1852					Grenville Berkeley	Whig British Whig Party The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule...
1855					Edward Holland	Whig British Whig Party The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule...
1859						Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
1865		James Bourne Sir James Bourne, 1st Baronet Sir James Bourne, 1st Baronet was an English Conservative Party politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1865 to 1880....	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...

1868-1950

Election		Member	Party
	1868 United Kingdom general election, 1868 The 1868 United Kingdom general election was the first after passage of the Reform Act 1867, which enfranchised many male householders, thus greatly increasing the number of men who could vote in elections in the United Kingdom...	James Bourne Sir James Bourne, 1st Baronet Sir James Bourne, 1st Baronet was an English Conservative Party politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1865 to 1880....	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
	1880 United Kingdom general election, 1880 -Seats summary:-References:*F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987* British Electoral Facts 1832-1999, compiled and edited by Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher *...	Daniel Rowlinson Ratcliff Daniel Rowlinson Ratcliff Daniel Rowlinson Ratcliff was an English lock and safe manufacturer and a Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1880....	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
	July 1880	Frederick Lehmann Frederick Lehmann Frederick Lehmann, FRGS was a British businessman and Liberal Party politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1880....	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
	1881	Frederick Dixon-Hartland Sir Frederick Dixon-Hartland, 1st Baronet Sir Frederick Dixon-Hartland was an antiquary, banker and a Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1881 to 1909....	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
	1885 United Kingdom general election, 1885 -Seats summary:-See also:*List of MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1885*Parliamentary Franchise in the United Kingdom 1885–1918*Representation of the People Act 1884*Redistribution of Seats Act 1885-References:...	Sir Richard Temple Sir Richard Temple, 1st Baronet Sir Richard Temple, 1st Baronet, FRS, GCSI, CIE, PC was an administrator in British India and a British politician.-Career:...	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
	1892 United Kingdom general election, 1892 The 1892 United Kingdom general election was held from 4 July to 26 July 1892. It saw the Conservatives, led by Lord Salisbury, win the greatest number of seats, but not enough for an overall majority as William Ewart Gladstone's Liberals won many more seats than in the 1886 general election...	Sir Edmund Lechmere Sir Edmund Lechmere, 3rd Baronet Sir Edmund Anthony Harley Lechmere, 3rd Baronet was a British Conservative Party politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1866 and 1895. He was a pioneer of the Red Cross....	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
	1895	Colonel Charles Wigram Long Charles Wigram Long Charles Wigram Long was a British Conservative Party politician. He sat in the House of Commons for 1895 to 1910.Long was the son of Charles Long, who was Archdeacon of the East Riding of Yorkshire, and his wife Anna Maria, the daughter of Sir Robert Wigram, 1st Baronet.He entered the Royal...	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
	January 1910	Bolton Eyres-Monsell Bolton Eyres-Monsell, 1st Viscount Monsell Bolton Meredith Eyres-Monsell, 1st Viscount Monsell, GBE, PC was a British Conservative Party politician who served as Chief Whip until 1931 and then as First Lord of the Admiralty.His parents were Lt.Col...	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
	1935 United Kingdom general election, 1935 The United Kingdom general election held on 14 November 1935 resulted in a large, though reduced, majority for the National Government now led by Conservative Stanley Baldwin. The greatest number of MPs, as before, were Conservative, while the National Liberal vote held steady...	Rupert de la Bere	Conservative Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
1950 United Kingdom general election, 1950 The 1950 United Kingdom general election was the first general election ever after a full term of a Labour government. Despite polling over one and a half million votes more than the Conservatives, the election, held on 23 February 1950 resulted in Labour receiving a slim majority of just five...		constituency abolished

Notes

Election results

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